Deb Fischer (R-NE)
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025
A Republican bill with 8 Democratic cosponsors · See all 22 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025," seeks to amend the Clean Air Act. It focuses on modifying Reid Vapor Pressure requirements for fuels and fuel additives. Specifically, it changes how fuel or fuel additives may be introduced into commerce regarding their similarity to certified model year vehicles. The legislation also adjusts Reid Vapor Pressure limitations for certain fuel blends containing ethanol. Additionally, the bill provides for the return of certain retired credits to small refineries.
Yes
- Scored +6
Does this make it easier to run a small business?
The bill provides for the return of retired renewable fuel credits to small refineries for use in future compliance years or as account credits.
- Scored +5
Would business owners be better off under this?
The bill provides financial relief to small refineries by returning retired credits.
The opposite
- Scored -3
Does this cut the pollution that drives climate change?
The bill modifies Reid Vapor Pressure requirements which may alter the environmental impact of fuel blends.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
-
Benefits for Small Refineries: Small refineries that retired credits generated for the 2016, 2017, or 2018 compliance years may have those credits returned to them. These credits can be deemed eligible for future compliance years or applied to their account in the EPA Moderated Transaction System (Sec. 2(b)).
-
Changes to Fuel Introduction: The bill allows a fuel or fuel additive to be introduced into commerce if the Administrator determines it is substantially similar to a fuel or additive used in the certification of a model year vehicle, or if it meets specific waiver conditions other than Reid Vapor Pressure limitations (Sec. 2(a)(1)(C)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
-
Changes to Reid Vapor Pressure Limitations: The bill alters the Reid Vapor Pressure limitations. For example, it changes a "10 percent" limitation to a "10 to 15 percent" limitation in certain sections of the Clean Air Act (Sec. 2(a)(2)(A) and (B)).
-
Impact on State Notifications: The bill modifies how the Administrator handles notifications submitted after the date of enactment regarding Reid Vapor Pressure limitations for fuel blends containing gasoline and 10 to 15 percent denatured anhydrous ethanol (Sec. 2(a)(2)(C)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this make it easier to run a small business? — The bill provides for the return of retired renewable fuel credits to small refineries for use in future compliance years or as account credits.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would business owners be better off under this? — The bill provides financial relief to small refineries by returning retired credits.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this cut the pollution that drives climate change? — The bill modifies Reid Vapor Pressure requirements which may alter the environmental impact of fuel blends.
- 4/13/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 1/14/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 11/18/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 10/6/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/12/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/6/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 3/10/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 2/24/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 2/19/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 2/13/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- 13 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
2 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Tammy BaldwinDemocrat · Wisconsin
Jim BanksRepublican · Indiana
Shelley CapitoRepublican · West Virginia
Richard DurbinDemocrat · Illinois
Tammy DuckworthDemocrat · Illinois
Joni ErnstRepublican · Iowa
Chuck GrassleyRepublican · Iowa
Ruben GallegoDemocrat · Arizona
John HoevenRepublican · North Dakota
Josh HawleyRepublican · Missouri
James JusticeRepublican · West Virginia
Amy KlobucharDemocrat · Minnesota
Mitch McConnellRepublican · Kentucky
Jerry MoranRepublican · Kansas
Roger MarshallRepublican · Kansas
Gary PetersDemocrat · Michigan
Mike RoundsRepublican · South Dakota
Pete RickettsRepublican · Nebraska
Tina SmithDemocrat · Minnesota
Elissa SlotkinDemocrat · Michigan
John ThuneRepublican · South Dakota
Roger WickerRepublican · Mississippi